Compound for preserving wood and metal



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LORENZO D. MOTT, OF MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA.

COMPOUND FOR PRESERVING'WOOD AND METAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,918, dated January 3, 1882.

Application filed October 17, 1881. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LORENZO D. MOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshalltown, in the county of Marshall and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful 'composition of matter to be used for the preservation of wood and metal from the action of fire, water, and deleterious gases by rendering the same water-proof, the following being a specification thereof.

My composition consists of the followingingredien ts, combined in the proportions stated, to wit: gas-tar, thirty-one(3l) gallons; sulphur, ten (10) pounds; salt, ten (10) pounds; yellow ocher, ten (10) pounds; brown mineral paint, ten (10) pounds. The gas-tar to be heated, the

other ingredients added, the whole to be thoroughly mixed.

In using the above composition the same should be thoroughly heated and applied hot with a brush to a dry surface.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The above-described composition of matter to be used for rendering wood and metal fire and water proof, consisting of gas-tar, sulphur, salt, yellow ocher, and brown mineral paintin about the proportions specified.

. LORENZO D. MO'IT.

Witnesses:

R. W. HARGRAVE, JOSEPH TUFFREL. 

